United Green Motion Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Liandong) is the manufacturer of ebox, and they have been busy introducing more games lately. Ebox sales are imminent, and a large number of games need to be filled into the game library to make a big splash.

"How can this be true? That's what you guys have done!? ”

Zhang Zijie, the boss of the linkage company, looked at the game list handed over by his subordinates and fell on the table in a huff. In order to release the game console ebox, UMF has gathered several teams to develop games specifically for ebox, and many of them have been poached from abroad. It's disappointing that only ten games have been completed so far.

These ten games mainly include sports, music, and racing games, which have precedents, so they are not difficult to develop.

In fact, these game development teams are also dutiful, because they have been doing high-intensity work. It is not enough to rely on mini-games alone, so the linkage company has a requirement to make a great work of somatosensory games, so they not only have to develop this game, but also need to spend time on some other mini-games. With such a dual-purpose approach, the development schedule is naturally not ideal.

"What do foreign third-party software vendors say?"

"Unfortunately, none of them are willing to enter the ebox platform and prefer to develop software for Microsoft's kinect. Because the conditions they give are much better than ours. And they are mature platforms, and the prospects for the release of the game are also better. ”

This can't be blamed on these subordinates, foreign games need to go through very strict scrutiny to enter China, coupled with the lack of confidence in ebox by third-party game providers, so naturally they will not easily enter this platform. Although the linkage company offers a good price for the third party compared to the domestic one, it is still a little worse than the foreign giants.

Zhang Zijie scratched his hair irritably, the domestic stand-alone game industry has been good in recent years, and there are many third-party software vendors, but there are very few somatosensory games. Although the company has also invited them to enter the ebox platform, they are enjoying the sweetness of the fruits of the recovery of single-player games, and where will they invest in the development of unfamiliar areas.

"Ten games, it's enough to sell them as an ebox console. Unfortunately, there are not enough third-party software vendors, and I am afraid that many potential customers will take a wait-and-see attitude, which is not good. ”

Zhang Zijie had a headache. Relying solely on the joint company to develop its own games will not be able to satisfy the market at all. If a player doesn't play a few games throughout the year, then in the end the ebox will only become an ornament, moldy in the corner.

But now the linkage can only grit its teeth and hold on, and when the domestic installed capacity reaches a certain level, those third-party software vendors in China will enter this platform, and then they can breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Zhang, a businessman from Banzhai University asked to meet with you, did you accept you?"

"Hantaku University? Invite him in! ”

At this time, the secretary knocked on the door and came in. Zhang Zijie was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly cleared people in. As long as you are engaged in games, it is impossible not to know what it means to be a half-house university, and that virtual game system is much more advanced than the somatosensory game system. I wonder what will happen to this half-house university coming to me? Zhang Zijie's heart was full of doubts.

The person who came was Xie Chaochao from the Ministry of Commerce of Banzhai University, and after the two sides met and got to know each other, they began to talk about the purpose of the trip.

"Mr. Zhang, I am here on the order of Mr. Zhou Yixuan to discuss cooperation with the ebox host of your linkage company."

"Cooperation? Could it be that Hantaku University is also interested in somatosensory games? ”

Zhang Zijie was very calm on the surface, but he was a little excited in his heart. The appeal of Hantaku University in China is not trivial, and if we can cooperate with it, it will definitely be a very beneficial thing for ebox.

"Yes, the game "Ghost Blows the Lantern" developed by our university has the function of a somatosensory game itself, so you can enter the ebox with a little switching. And if we have a partnership, then our university will immediately add an ebox group to develop games specifically for this platform, what do you think? ”

There are a total of five games released by Hantaku University: "Three Kingdoms Madness", "Elf Kingdom", "War", "Ghost Blowing Lantern", and "Troubled Times". This time, in order to cooperate with UMP, Zheng Lu proposed to put these games together on the ebox platform, which can be regarded as support for domestic consoles.

"Thank you for your support, we definitely welcome Hantaku University to join."

Zhang Zijie naturally would not refuse, and reached a verbal agreement immediately. Next, we will talk about specific cooperation matters, such as ebox's software and hardware platform architecture and standards, etc.

To make a cross-platform game, it is actually more troublesome than you think. Because game development tools are different for each platform, you have to relearn and master this tool. Daewoo once very much hoped that "Fairy Sword" could be successfully ported to the PS console, so Daewoo sent a transplant team, spent a year, painstakingly studied PS hardware, and spent a lot of financial resources to finally transplant the old fairy sword to the Sony platform.

Daewoo is hopeful, but Sony brings a very unfortunate news: the PS console has been eliminated, and the game must be ported to the PS2 console, and the PS2 and PS hardware technology are very different. This is tantamount to tearing down Daewoo's entire transplant project. It is said that the failure of this cooperation led to a bitter confrontation between Daewoo and Sony, and since then the PC game industry in Taiwan has not mentioned game transplantation, and the snobbery and business style of the video game industry have left an extremely profound lesson for the PC game development industry.

Fortunately, ebox's game development tools are not original, and the teachers and students of Hantaku University quickly mastered them. Motion recognition technology is not a high-end technology in Hanzhai University, and the second-level students have already mastered it, so there is no need to train again.

The purpose of this cooperation with Hantaku University is to build momentum for ebox and make everyone believe that ebox's third-party software providers are very sufficient.

................................................... "Mr. Zheng Lu, do we really want to develop a game for ebox?" ”

During the lunch break, Lin Fan from the Zheng Lu group ran over and asked Zheng Lu this question. The ebox team has been set up and will soon be selected from this group to develop ebox games.

"yes, why don't you want to go? It's okay, if you're chosen, you can bring it up, Hanyaku University won't do anything to force others. ”

"I really don't want to go yet, we've tried that ebox game development tool, it's several levels lower than our university, and the game produced is definitely not good."

Song Yue, who was in the same group, also ran over, and she didn't want to go to that group. Going there can really add a bit of game development experience, but Hantaku University's technology is significantly higher than that, and learning is the main point. Besides, how long ebox can exist is also a question, if you master the development of ebox, but it dies halfway, isn't it a blind rush?

After listening to the students' complaints, Zheng Lu understood that he was taking it for granted again. I thought that the students would be happy to increase their game development experience, but I didn't take into account the fact that the students would be more willing to familiarize themselves with the development tools of Hantaku University. Besides, these students were originally prepared for the future of Hanzhai University, and there is really no need to serve other platforms.

"Okay, I understand your request, and I'll report it to the top."

After calming the students, Zheng Lu meditated in his heart about how to deal with it. Jiang Miao, who was on the side, heard that Zheng Lu was going to reflect to the above, and naturally thought of the half-house immortal, and only he could influence some of the decisions of the half-house university.

If the students don't go, if the teacher is just transferred, who will lead the development of "Jianghu Knight's Dream"? After thinking about it, Zheng Lu also felt that he could only rely on a simple system to solve the problem. So he ran back to his dorm room and found the glasses girl.

"Glasses girl, if you connect the ebox game development tool to your computer, can you use this tool to make games based on it?"

"Yes, but the effect of the game will shrink considerably, so is that okay?"

The function of the glasses girl can give full play to the function of the ebox 100%, but compared to the tools used by Hantaku University now, the gap is really not ordinary.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I just wanted to support domestic production. It's pushed to the limit of their console name, and if that doesn't make it stand out, then it's only to blame for not being good enough. ”

got the glasses girl's affirmative answer, and Zheng Lu was relieved. So this so-called ebox group was served by glasses girls. The ebox game development tool was placed in the basement and connected to the main brain.

Through the powerful functions of the glasses girl, the original games were transplanted in an instant. And the rest of the game development is not in a hurry, plus Zheng Lu wants to train his students, so he came up with another way.

"Mr. Zhou, the ebox team is done by our half-house immortal team, and those teachers and students concentrate on their own game development. In addition, I would like to solicit a game development plan for ebox among those students, and the request is that the plan must be detailed and complete, so please let me know. ”

This is a great time for the students to show off their talents, and at the same time to give them a general understanding of the acceptance of the market. What kind of game is popular, what kind of game will hit the street, these are all things that can only be understood by practical experience.

(To be continued)